Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-07-23
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The chinch b , are spreading rapidly over
the farms adjac It to Shakopee.
Chinch bu. ave made their appearance
in Benton an = .erburne counties.
The survey o. he Winona and Southwest.
ern road will hc commenced at once.
An organ costing a., 800 has been put IN st.
Mary's Catho,ic hurch at st. Paul.
VIII e bathing in the river, Willie, the little
son of John McElroy, of Brainerd was
drowned.
The tw', y-ftth anniversary Of the defense
OF New [ ~ against the Indians in 1856? VIII
be celebrai 81 August % and - at that place.
ElJohn Dr. ser, a six year old boy Of Paul,
while playing around the ears fell under the
wheels al his right foot MAS cut of above
the ankle.
Franz J. Macke,, the well.known Mime
apolis broker, was arrested for fast driving.
Mr.. Macy has sued the policeman for So
coo TO- i.lse arrest.
CAa:lry Anderson, while under the infucncr
Of liq'or, was run over by the cars d Rush
City a the 10Th. Both legs we're cut o2 a.
he h,el but half an hour.
hNN WY was NlsIbtA ny u etNtic slt III VI
rain 80 kail on Monday. The wind played
hovoc With shade trees and outbuldines.
Lighu ng struck in several places.
Al option was given at the residence OF
Or. J i, ut, of Fairmont, for the benefit Of Rev.
Mr.. 'on and family. who las recently &C.
cept tie cali Of tie CaasrcsauoLl cli.fo-
at Ea.
II t4,l raog,Ae - sl, .rI,,,,.,fs, ~o.4
oiiit rom the lst OF January to july /, 1857,
wer, y,s5,171.47. For the corresponding
PERI last year the receipts aeie $G6l .Sl6.51,
IN il, rease of 1928 "a 90.
T. surveying party Of the Lake Superior
anc aciic railroad have returned from Clio.
que liver, where the new town Of st. Louis
is lated, having finished the survey that
far. They report a fine route selected.
] e special election to vote on the propo-
site Of issuing $4,000 bonds to the Red
WI. and lows railroad passed off very
qui,Ay Tuesday. Hardly half a vote was
polled. The vote stood $50 In favor of to 81
against. General satisfaction is expressed At
the result.
Michael McGovern, a laborer on various
steamboats, running between 81. Pau and st.
Louis, suicided at st. Paul on Tuesday even
ing By jumping from o barge into the river.
He had been drinking hard lately, and was
under the influence OF liquor when he took
his life.
VIM. Peterson, q Swede, about twenty-four
years OF age, was instantly killed in st. Paul
on the 18th by attempting TO cross the rail-
road fr,ply tp Ar,-o -
TAIN. His head was cut Of, and both legs
were severed FROM his body. 1t sknown that
he had been drinking during the after
noon, and was probably intoxicated at the
time OF the accident.
On Monday at Duluth as workmen were ex-
c~avating a cellar for the new business block
on extreme West Superior street they came
across g double coffin ten feet b:low the SUI
face. The outer case was Thoroughly rotted
but the inner one was in a good state Of pres
e~rvation, and contained the skeleton OF a
child. 1t is not known what burial took
place in that vicinity since the country was
settled. The coroner was sunni oned and OF
dered the remains reburied elsewhere.
Duluth special, July 13.-Charles Sellers, 0
~ tiibN a Va fi' ~ oNtuE, anu on
OF tue commissioners Of st. Louis county, Al
Tower, was badly hurt at / 80 p. N. to-day By
a saw bursting In one of his mills. l. /,
feared his injuries viii prove fatal. MIR. Sc.
lers is well known in Mime GA az "A business
man, and has many friends who regret The &C.
c!dent. He was formerly in the lumber aud
logging business at Chippewa Falls, VS..
Mr. Snllpra Ia uls, p,oypr nf Tho ,jtA.,. %
Tower.
a. IL. Buell. died at Minneapolis on Sunday
OF acute alcoholism. He was a widower,
about f~fty-tive years of age and a man OF r-
bust physique. He was Mt one time quite
wealthy, and was well-known In Wisconsin,
where he kept hotel for many years. He was
at one time In the hotel business at FaircNild,
and in business at Raraboo, Reedsburg aod
other cities. About FIVE years ago he removed
to Foster county, D. T., where he established
the town Of Buell.. The town did not ''boom,n
and Buell. came to Minneapolis.
There is available for the Minnesota SOL
diers' home an appropriation Of $50 900. 1t
is stipulated in the act Of the legislature that
Sl0,O COO OF this amount could De expended for
the purchase Of a site, but this win be un-
necessary, as the site is TO be donated by the
city Of Minneapolis. The city council OF
Minneapolis has appropriated $40, 900 toward
the s4O,C0O necessary to purchase the fifty
acres donated. The remaining $50, 600 is to
be raised 10y popular subscriptions. About
August l the commissioners viii visit the
lows aud Illinois soldiers b, mes .or tie pur.
pose Of gathering Information that will be Of
service IN arranging future plans.
About = O'Clock THE morning burglars en-
tered the residence of p. NJ. q list, OF Will
mar, by removing a window. While In the
act OF chioroforming Miss Quist she awoke
and gave the alarm. Her screams were sutf.
GENTLY loud to raise the ne,ghbors, one OF
whom seized q revolver and ran to her assist
ance In time TO see one Of the burglars max
ing a hssty exit. He shot at the burglar, but
without effect. Owing to the timely alarm
given by Miss Quist the burglars were pre-
vented from ransacking the house, and con.
sequently missed a quantity of valuable Jew.
elry and family diamonds which were In Mrs.
Qlist's bedroom. A vigorous search is being
made for the burglars.